{"id":314,"date":"2009-12-14T17:20:25","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T21:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2009-12-14T17:20:25","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T21:20:25","slug":"sf-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"SF on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I watch the last few episodes of Dollhouse<\/em>, and V<\/em> and FlashForward<\/em> go on a lengthy hiatus probably headed toward cancellation, I can’t help lamenting the good\/bad state of sf on TV.\u00c2\u00a0 While most recent sf films are shallow special effects monstrosities, TV sf has been working toward increasing sophistication.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the best was the predictably canceled Terminator<\/em> series.\u00c2\u00a0 All of them achieve a depth of characterization and sf complexity by having an ongoing plot instead of some little weirdness conveniently resolved in 45 minutes or so (minus commercials).\u00c2\u00a0 The problem with the more sophisticated approach, of course, is that it becomes increasingly difficult to acquire new viewers.\u00c2\u00a0 No new viewers = cancellation.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps, once that more and more viewers consume their TV via the web this might not be such a problem.\u00c2\u00a0 If you watch on Hulu, you can pick up a series like Lost<\/em> from the beginning and ride it on through to the end at any time.\u00c2\u00a0 From what I’ve seen so far, V<\/em> probably deserves to die, but no series with a continuous plot line can thrive being absent for months at a time.\u00c2\u00a0 Reality crap, dozens of CSI and Law & Order clones make it but bore me to tears.\u00c2\u00a0 Good sf appears, then is gone.\u00c2\u00a0 Sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I watch the last few episodes of Dollhouse, and V and FlashForward go on a lengthy hiatus probably headed toward cancellation, I can’t help lamenting the good\/bad state of sf on TV.\u00c2\u00a0 While most recent sf films are shallow … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}